For our last night in Krakow we ate at Alchemia. This is a hip bar in Kazimierz on Estery, spitting distance off Plac Nowy. Staff is limited to bartenders and kitchen staff, so when you enter Alchemia you must find yourself a seat, and then order at the bar. You pay upfront, and the kitchen staff brings you your food, but you go to the bar yourself for all drinks. It’s a cool place and I would’ve liked to stay there longer, but we were in search of smalec and vodka.
Which we found at Zakaski u Ani in Plac Nowy. I love the kitschy menu and catchphrase of “kindly and quickly serving working people”. Except that it’s not kitsch - it’s for real, as this is a real Polski blue collar red neck bar complete with bowling ball heads with missing teeth sitting on the stools and a 70-year-old Carla Tortell-ska behind the bar.
